Thanks, Kat. I have an MRI and a visit with my surgeon buddy this Friday.
I can feel the bone "knitting", which is a good sign. That area of the
wrist is dry as toast with respect to blood-flow, so healing can be arduous.
We had a brithday party for the three kids, my mother-in-law and
brother-in-law this weekend. Their b-days are all within a month, so it's
easier to kill five birds than one with one stone. Still, the rib has no
gas even a year after chemo--and she was adamant that the house be clean for
this gig. Makes no sense to me, as everyone who was at the party has seen
our house when it's trashed (with two small kids, that's most of the time),
but I worked all day anyway. The wrist was really thumping when it was all
said and done, I'll tell ya. :-)
I'm not an "animal lover", per se, but when I put down my lab it was like
shooting my best friend. I lived in the country, WAY in the country, at the
time. There were no vets in the area beside the local cow doc, and he
didn't do dogs, so I had to shoot him myself. I knew enough about canine
anatomy, and had butchered enough barnyard animals to be confident in my
shot placement. Still, he wagged his tail for a second or two after he was
gone--that really tore me up! I know it was just an autonomic response to
his CNS system shutting down, yet it seemed like it was his way of saying,
"thanks for taking care of my pain, and what you are doing is cool with me."
Dag! What a heart-breaker! I couldn't bring myself to get another dog for
many years after. If Laura goes before I do, though, I probably will get
another lab. Pets allow you to love, and they dig you back
unconditionally--a real plus, sometimes, eh?
So did you get your Golden whenhe was a pup? How old were you when you got
him? Almost all of the retriever breeds just live to please, so they
usually have wonderful personalities. That had to be a rugged time for you,
Kat. There seems to be a goodly number of folks on this this who are quite
attached to their dogs/cats/whatever. There must be something to be said
for the therapeutic value of pet ownership.
So, did the CG rescue the tanker captain's pup yet?
-Kyle
-----Original Message-----
From: Kathleen Salkin [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Monday, April 22, 2002 10:30 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: are they nuts?
Yeah I agree; we had a Golden Retriever who was 16 when we had him put to
sleep. It was a very, very sad day. I loved that dog.
I hope you don't have to keep that cast on too long, Kyle.
Kat
On Mon, 22 Apr 2002 09:48:50 -0400 "Cleveland, Kyle E."
<[log in to unmask]> wrote:
Boy, that's a hard emotional call, eh? Part of me would say, "just fill the
dog's compartment with CO and let it go to sleep", but on the other hand, I
had a lab for seventeen years: got him when I was 11 and put him down
(myself) when I was 28. I believe I would have borrowed the 50K if I
thought I could buy him a few more years.
-Kyle (who has to re-type everything BECAUSE OF THIS STUPID CAST!!
GRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!!!!!!)
-----Original Message-----
From: Salkin Kathleen [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Monday, April 22, 2002 5:56 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: are they nuts?
Mag,
The dog was on an oil tanker that capsized and the crew had to abandon ship.
The dog was the captain's personal dog, and the Coast Guard found it alive
and is attempting to rescue the dog. Perhaps it's costing $50,000 and the
captain can't pay the money, and the Humane Society is paying for him. It's
an awful lot of money, but my bleeding heart wouldn't want that dog to
starve to death by himself on the abandoned ship.
Kat
----- Original Message -----
From: "Magenta Raine" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, April 22, 2002 5:18 AM
Subject: are they nuts?
> I just read an account of the Hawaii humane society spending $50,000 to
> rescue one little dog................ Now, don't get me wrong, I am happy
it
> got rescued, but they could have used that much money to serve many more
> animals!
>
> Couldn't the dog be rescued by volunteers? She wonders, just about to
enter
> slumberland....
>
> mag
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